How to Use county court in a Sentence

county court

noun
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  • The first was filed last month in a county court in Oregon.
    — NBC News, 21 Apr. 2020
  • And the tree’s fate now awaits an appeal in county court.
    — Tree Meinch, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2020
  • The county court in A Coruña previously ruled that the Franco family had to hand over the keys to the house.
    — CNN, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Those charges are set for trial in county court later this year, records show.
    — Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The county court is the county judge sitting in a judicial role.
    — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2020
  • The indictment, which was handed up by a grand jury, moves the case against Mr. Matar from town to county court.
    — Jimmy Vielkind, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Many of those charged in county court ended up with probation and fines.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 17 May 2022
  • The Appeals court decision reversed the ruling and kicked the case back to county court for a new trial date.
    — Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2022
  • With this change, the chief judge would have to have at least three years of experience as a judge hearing cases in the county court.
    — Mike Hendricks, kansascity, 7 May 2018
  • The transparency in the county court stands in stark contrast to federal court.
    — Jozsef Papp The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (tns), al, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Then the whole county court system relies on it to file briefs, motions, or orders.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Weiss, the judge, is a former prosecutor who was appointed to the bench in 2012 as a county court judge.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Johnson had been convicted in a county court and sentenced to death.
    — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The county court docket is sealed, so documents from that court are not available.
    — Rachel Leingang, azcentral, 30 Dec. 2019
  • In the other 244 counties, a guardianship would usually be filed in a county court.
    — Dallas News, 18 Oct. 2020
  • Starting June 1, the county courts can hold bench trials, or those without a jury.
    — oregonlive, 16 May 2020
  • Malachi arrived at the police station, which serves as a branch of the county court, with his mother, his grandmother and his aunt, who is his guardian.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The providers instead also sued, among others, every state trial court judge and county court clerk in Texas.
    — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Since the decisions are based on facts, the zoning board's decisions can be appealed to county courts.
    — Chris Sikich, Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Torres briefly served on a county court-at-law bench and has more than 20 years of legal experience.
    — Elizabeth Zavala, ExpressNews.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The courthouse at the center of downtown housed a county court, a county jail, and a probation and parole office.
    — New York Times, 15 Dec. 2021
  • These details emerged in a lawsuit filed by the now-ex-girlfriend, who was permitted to file the suit anonymously, in county court.
    — Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica, 26 July 2023
  • Both remain in custody and are scheduled to be arraigned in county court Wednesday.
    — oregonlive, 2 Dec. 2020
  • The council acts as a lawyer for the courts in addition to doling out state money to county courts and providing services.
    — Maura Dolan, latimes.com, 24 Mar. 2018
  • But in motions filed Wednesday and Thursday, Fulton County, the county board of elections and the county court clerk all asked the judge to dismiss the lawsuit.
    — Kate Brumback, Star Tribune, 27 May 2021
  • But before the reforms, voters could file the petition themselves with a county court.
    — Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Sep. 2020
  • But Matar has little interest in the deal, his attorney Nathaniel Barone said in county court on Tuesday.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
  • That prosecutor who tried the case is now himself a county court judge in Miami.
    — Woody Clermont, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2024
  • Med Dayton issued a statement praising the decision by the county court.
    — Dallas News, 7 Mar. 2022
  • All voters can vote in all circuit court and county court judicial races in the Aug. 20 primary election.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2024

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